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Marc KramerSenior Climate Change Scientist

Region 6Specialist Meeting

November 2011

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What are the benefits to the Forest ?

-Forming a climate change team (with specialists, NRStaff, District CC coordinators)

-Developing a climate change plan in 2012 for end-to-endintegration of climate change by 2015

-Integrating climate change considerations into allaspect of operations and employees program of work.

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2012 Goals:

Communicate the linkages and benefits of CC activities to FLT and RLT.

-Forest Plan Revision-NEPA, EA’s and CC

-Integrate with otherRestoration/Conservation Priorities:-WCF-TCF-TRACS-Minimum Roads-Restoration-Travel Management

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-Provide leadership on addressing climate change on NF lands.

-Help to address this problem regionally, nationally and globally.

-Direction and priority from the Chief, Regional Forester, and the RO

-Serve as a model for others to follow

-Formulation of a plan will help:-Identify gaps and resource needs necessary to

address climate change.-Help see where and if the pieces ‘fit’ together.

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Some common themes in addressing climate change to other priority areas:

-Direction from the Chief, Regional Forester and the RO

-All Land Approach –Partnerships with state, private, and federal entities are key.

-Landscape-scale approach needed

-A natural ‘fit’ with on going restoration and fuels management activities.

-A necessary component of forest plan revision, NEPA and EA’s

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Thinning and Climate Change:

How many more years can we keep doing this ?

A Climate change response strategy synergistic with managing for:

-Increased landscape heterogeneity

-More early seral forest on the landscape Vital for landscape structure, function

-A more diverse response strategy to deal with uncertainty associated with climate change.

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How Do These All Fit Together ?

-Climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessments (2012 - 2015)

-WCF (2011)-TCF (2012)-TRACS (2012)-Minimum Roads (2015)-Restoration (On Going)-Travel Management (On Going)